title: Effects of health screening for adults with intellectual disability: a pooled analysis.
abstract: Health screening has been shown to have beneficial effects on health outcomes in adults with intellectual disability. However, the nature of the population, which makes it difficult to recruit, has meant past studies have been relatively small and effect estimates unstable. This study conducted a pooled analysis of two randomised trials and one cohort study, containing a total of 795 participants. Use of a simple, low-cost screening tool produced substantial increases in health-promotion and disease-prevention activity, when compared with usual care.
authors.affiliation: Queensland Centre of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, School of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Mater Hospital, South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. n.lennox@uq.edu.au
authors.forename: Nicholas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Lennox
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ware
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bain
authors.forename: Miriam
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Taylor Gomez
authors.forename: Sally-Ann
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Cooper
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D005260:Female; D058006:General Practice / Q000592:standards*; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000592:standards*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011314:Preventive Health Services / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D055815:Young Adult